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On 4/30/2024 at 7:58 PM, mccaughey85 said:
Is the MLS any worse than the spl or English championship? Loads of MLS players played at the last world cup and loads play international football for sides of similar quality to ours.It's hardly a league that we can afford to turn our noses up at.
We are not Brazil or Spain.
Also what players have came to Scotland from the MLS that have failed? Can't think of many.
The guy Johnston seems to be doing well at Celtic.
Ramirez the striker did ok at Aberdeen although I don't think he was some kind of star in the MLS to start with.
Who do you think should be our replacement players bearing in mind we could need 4 or 5?
If you look at it from a defensive stand point, yes it is worse than both those leagues imo. It's common knowledge that the MLS likes to promote entertainment as well as the sport itself and encourages teams to play open attacking football. You almost never see an MLS game end in a 0-0 shitefest, hence, why attacking players like Gauld, Morgan and Russell have thrived there.
With regards to MLS players at World Cups I can be arsed googling them but I'd like to see exactly which players and teams you refer to. I'd wager many of those players are from countries with easier qualification paths than the European sides and many don't have players playing at a higher level than the MLS. Off the top of my head Shaqiri for the Swiss is the only European anomoly and that's due him still being one of the best players the Swiss have despite his older age.
Off the top of my head, Mueller and Cifuentes (spelling?) at Rangers and Ramirez at Aberdeen, can't remember the lads name but he went to Hibs from (I think) Orlando and lasted only a few months. I'm sure there's more. A better question would have been how many players have been poor/alright/meh in the SPL but have went over there and suddenly become superstars. That list then gets longer.
Alistair Johnston? There's always a few that buck the trend but they're identified pretty quickly and don't tend to stay in the MLS for long.
Ramirez? See above, he started well at Aberdeen but then seemed to disappear although that could have been due to Goodwin. Dons fans can correct me on that one.
Our most needed replacements are defenders just now, the only definite attacker out is Ferguson who's on the bench more often than not. Armstrong's not looking great so if he's out too then I say Fraser and Forrest. Both are playing at a higher level (imo) and already have international experience.
For what it's worth, I'm not entirely against giving both Morgan or Gauld a shot at Scotland but there's no way I'd parachute them straight into the squad for a Finals just because of a couple of injuries and folk are panicking.
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17 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said:
Seen it reported on a few Man Utd pages past 15 mins or so.
Fake news (thank Christ 😆)
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Forrest, for years, was a player I always rolled my eye's at when in a Scotland shirt but then seemed to really come onto a game under McLeish (scored a hat trick in a Nations League game if I'm not mistaken!) so if he can recapture that kind of form then why not if we need the players. Fraser is more than capable too if he can be arsed.
People really need to give it a rest with Gauld and Morgan though. The MLS is not a great league, it's well marketed and is a retirement home for 35+ year old superstars, so people who've never watched a game are tricked into thinking it's a good level. How many players have come to Scotland from an MLS team in the last few years that have either went back or disappeared off to a lower level?
Morgan and Gauld aren't good enough for the level of international football Scotland want to compete at but are above the average level required for the MLS which is why they're flourishing over there.
Edited for honking grammar and spelling 😂
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8 hours ago, Gala Tartan Army (Borders) said:
Dont think any chance Fraser will be called up, behaved like a pr1ck too many times. Would like to see a Gauld or Doak (if fit) but cannot see it. Cairney decent but showed zero interest in playing for us.
Think O'Donnell has to come in if Patterson out.
Liam Palmer to make a triumphant comeback lol?
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30 minutes ago, BryanBlessed said:
I don't think there will be too many surprises tonight. I'd expect Dykes or Adams to start (even if I'd prefer Shankland). Though maybe he'll suprise us all and play two up-front (one of whom is Shankland). I do expect to see Ferguson and Shankland getting at least a half with Christie playing the McGregor role.
The only area I'm not sure about is CB. I hope Souttar starts and, listening to Carver talking about Hendry, that's the most likely big unforced change I think.
Though he scored a great goal against Norway, I'll be kind of annoyed if McLean starts.
I'll be annoyed if that, at the very least, doesn't happen tonight. We know what everyone else brings so lets see what these lads can do against tough opposition.
With regards to CB, Porteus and Tierney are must starts it fit, but not sure who to pick between Souttar or Hendry so I'd give them a half each too
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My 2 cents worth is the home top isn't too bad! People were moaning we'd get a boring, off the shelf template and we actually get a bespoke design and people hate it 😂. They missed a trick not using the Portland Timbers home top design for our home top. I'm not a fan of the yellow parts though.
The away one I want to like but the purple trim ruins it for me. If the trim had been dark navy it would have been an absolute belter imo.
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Well at least they can’t be accused of using a boring template 🤣🤣
I’ll need to see this in the flesh first but I’ll no doubt end up buying it lol
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13 hours ago, Kirk said:
Same but Safeway in Paisley and then Anniesland. Had been to every game for about 4 years before that, was only 14 and absolutely gutted. That's when we joined the supporters club
Yeah that's why me and my Dad joined up and all. I'd been to every home game for those qualifiers and missed out on the playoff. One of my mates, who'd not been to a single qualifier that campaign, went to straight to Anniesland Safeway after his night out at 3am to queue and got a ticket. Raging is an understatement. Fast forward a few years and I had to listen to the same mate moan about how hard it was to get a ticket due to the size of the SSC 😂
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2 hours ago, Tartan blood said:
I know we are all keeping track, but that is Shankland on 27 goals including his Scotland goal. I'd be shocked if he didn't exceed 30 now.
Who was the last Scottish striker to score over 30 goals in a season that wasn't playing for Celtic or Rangers? Griffiths was close with 28ish for Hibs. Can't think of any one else off the top of my head.
Even for the old firm, it's pretty rare. Griffiths and Boyd, in recent memory. I'm sure someone else could add more names to this list (if they exist)
Aye anyone outside the OF banging in that many goals is worthy of a start imo. I really want to see him start one of the Holland or NI games, preferably the NI game as that's the kind of opposition we should be going out and attacking.
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18 hours ago, DoonTheSlope said:
Cash turnstiles worked for decades. Due to all seater stadiums though that wasn’t any longer feasible for high profile games. However tickets going on sale in the lead up to the actual games passed without any issue
Maybe it’s time to make the SSC work for their dough. You either opt in or opt out of fixture X,Y and Z then they allocate tickets for each person/friend and family group
Bring back queuing up outside Safeway’s on cold autumn nights. Let’s separate the men from the boys
And furfuxake accept cash at the kiosks
Bugger that lol! Did that at the Greenock Safeway for the Holland play off in 2003 and missed out. The staff at the time clearly sold the few tickets they had to themselves and/or to their mates.
Remember some poor sod got sent out at 9am after us being queued there for hours to tell us "sorry but there were never any tickets for sale here". Aye right! 🤣🤣
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For me changing up how we award points is a non-starter, you're basically punishing the loyalty and efforts of some rather than reward it. Unfortunately attending away games is expensive and that will never change. It's not right that a fan who goes to Georgia/Lichtenstein/Latvia etc potentially misses out on a glamour trip to Spain/Germany/Italy etc simply because they're better off.
IMO the main problem is the 5 match packages with the SFA wanting to get their grubby little hands on our cash for the next full year. They know doing it game by game increases the risk of lower ticket demand later on if we have a poor NL campaign. They don't care about empty seats if they've already been paid for.
I want to be back in the North Stand again after missing out due to not buying the package last time so I've bought it this time. I wasn't planning on going to the NI game but will now seeing as Nov to June is a long time to wait for A Scotland game
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11 minutes ago, StirlingScott said:
Ticket System is now saying Sold Out - what the hell is going on
I just got in 5 mins ago and got 2 seats in the North Stand so Christ knows what’s going on there
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Jesus wept considering how much money they get from us and the fact they know how many members will be looking for tickets you’d think they’d invest in a decent ticket website.
I was in early and the options wouldnt update from coming soon so had to refresh and lose my place 😡
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Was it not also originally his idea of playing Tierney as a left centre back when we were all crying out for him to be moved to right back where Strachan was playing him?
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£35 a ticket against "league A" opposition isn't too bad imo. My only gripe is not making the single match tickets available sooner. I'm not fussed about the N.I game but will end up buying a ticket so we can get back in the North Stand this time around.
Last time I couldn't make the England friendly and me and my mate decided to dingy the Georgia game (which turned out to be a God send 😄) so had to wait for the single matches and got stuck up the back of the South stand. Wasn't too bad and the view was cracking but we had to be a bit better behaved than usual due to the families with young kids around us 🤣
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19 hours ago, Caledonian Craig said:
Looking at the pots the best draw (in my opinion) for Scotland would be:-
Italy
Hungary
Poland
SCOTLAND
Worst draw:-
Spain
Portugal
France
SCOTLAND
I'd swap Italy for Holland but agree with the rest
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Think the footy headlines article that leaked the Germany kit mentioned March as its release so I’d imagine we’ll also see our own kit released around that time too
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1 hour ago, Tartan blood said:
I might be in the minority here, but I'd revert to a back 5. Patterson as a true wing back is awesome. He'll have so much more freedom to get forward.
Clark
Hendry Porteous McKenna
Patterson Doig
Gilmour McGregor
McGinn McTominay
Shankland
I'd like to see us try out some new strikers. Shankland is the one most deserving at the moment, but Brown, Stewart or Nisbet could stake a claim in future friendlies.
Not sure if Doig is ready, but he could be the long term replacement for Robbo, so might be worth giving him a runout.
Swap Clark for Kelly and this is how I’d line it up too.
As for the result I’d love to see us give them a bit of a doing as the icing on the cake of this campaign.
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There isn’t a snowballs chance in hell McCrorie starts tonight and I wouldn’t want him to either given he’s had 0 mins of real game time this season. Also it would be a helluva slap in the face to both Clark and Kelly. I’d go with Clark personally
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Draw please! Then we can go to Georgia and exorcise some old demons then beat Norway who’ll be without Haaland as Man City won’t want him risking injury in meaningless games! That is the least we deserve after the injustices of Thursday night
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8 minutes ago, ThistleWhistle said:
Get the Etcha Sketch line out - what a load of absolute bollocks
Fuck me I actually laughed out loud when that link opened! What’s the fucking point? Seriously, can you imagine the shit storm if, for example, that was England that had that goal chopped off? They’d have every media outlet in the country rightly crying corruption! I’m fucking fuming!
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Wow. I’m proud of our lads tonight coz they weathered a helluva storm for a long time but we were robbed by a corrupt ref again. If McTominay’s goal stands their arses were collapsing and we’re getting at least a draw.
I’ll take great enjoyment in watching them get horsed at the Euro’s next year coz they’re chronic
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16 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said:
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/ally-mccoist-brands-scots-snp-30927859
I really thought Ally was better than this. He is so far off the mark there.
He must live under a rock not to recognise the majority of Scotland want the monarchy abolished. That has nothing to do with the SNP. The anti-royalist sentiment in Scotland is why GSTK was booed. It is a song lauding being subservient and ingratiating to royalty.
Ally way off the mark there.
Ally McCoist? The staunch, Royalist ex-Ranger was sooking on the English teat again on Talk Sport this morning?! No chance 😜🤣
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Well thank christ I went to bed right after the game! Some belter over-reactions gents 🤣 I get it though, nothing worse than losing to that lot.
My thoughts are:
Gunn was excellent, we've never really seen him under real pressure like last night so to see him pull off a number of great saves was comforting. Even Spain and Norway didn't really bother him as much as England did.
Most of the players just didn't turn up. It's disappointing especially as last night was a good opportunity to shut up a few people down south but hey ho, at least we got a performance like that out the way in a friendly rather than in Spain or Georgia.
Viaplay/whoever can continue to take my money, fuck me listening to those presenters and pundits was harder than watching the match! Last night was meant to be a celebration of 150 years of the SFA and it was all about England!
McCoist was hard to stomach but I agree with the poster above that Souness was clearly just raging at the Scotland performance. He did go a little bit overboard with reaction to England's performance but they did play well and Bellingham was excellent.
England played well last night but on the flip side we were shite, so one bright side is they now think they're world beaters again. Joe Cole gave us a preview of every English pundit from now until the Euros so the pressure on these lads will be immense as always and inevitably they'll shit the bed in their usual fashion next summer.
James Forrest....
in TA specific
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